Short description A thorough and in-depth treatment of the state-of-the-art development of semiconductor based ultrafast all-optical devices; this book provides practical examples to clearly explain the technologies. It also explains technical issues in turning the ultrafast optical devices into practical working tools.
From the contents CHAPTER 1. Introduction
1.1 Evolution of optical communication systems and device technologies
1.2 Increasing communication traffics and power consumption
1.3 Future networks and technologies
1.4 Ultrafast all-optical signal processing devices
1.5 Overview of the devices and their concepts
1.6 Summary
CHAPTER 2. Light Sources
2.1 Requirement for light sources
2.2 Mode-locked laser diodes
2.3 Electro-absorption modulator (EAM) based signal source
2.4 Summary
CHAPTER 3 Semiconductor optical amplifier based ultrafast signal processing devices
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Fundamental of SOA
3.3 SOA as an ultrafast nonlinear medium
3.4 Use of ultrafast response component by filtering
3.5 Symmetric Mach-Zehnder (SMZ) all-optical gate
3.6 Summary
CHAPTER 4 Uni-traveling-carrier photodiode (UTC-PD) and PD-EAM optical gate integrating a UTC-PD and a traveling wave electro-absorption modulator
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Uni-traveling-carrier photodiode (UTC-PD)
4.3 Concept of new opto-electronic integrated device
4.4 PD-EAM optical gate integrating UTC-PD and TW-EAM
